coronavirus

State Auditor Rob Sand has notified Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds that her use of $21 million of federal pandemic relief funding for a new state software system that was approved before the pandemic started is not allowed under the CARES Act.

Iowa’s revenue forecasters are predicting the state will bring in just a little less money in the current fiscal year than in the previous fiscal year that ended June 30. But the three-member panel acknowledged that there is still a lot of uncertainty.

New quarantine guidance from the Iowa Department of Public Health has caused some schools in northwest Iowa counties with high infection rates to take a look at requiring masks.

The White House's COVID-19 Task Force report for Iowa dated the week of Oct. 4 shows Iowa is still in the red zone, with more than 101 new cases per 100,000 people. Polk, Woodbury and Dubuque counties had the highest number of new cases, according to the report.

Iowa’s COVID-19 hospitalizations hit an all-time high Tuesday, but Gov. Kim Reynolds said she is not putting any new mitigation measures in place to slow the spread of the virus.

In its first four weeks of existence, a new eviction prevention program kept 249 Polk County residents—including 131 children—in their homes as the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly in Iowa.

Fremont County's two-week rate of coronavirus infections is above 17 percent. Hamburg Community School District doesn't have enough staff to teach classes in-person next week after four staff members tested positive for COVID-19 and six are quarantining because of exposure.

Six residents of the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run residential facility for Iowans with severe disabilities, have tested positive for coronavirus. It's the third Department of Human Services facility to experience a coronavirus outbreak.

The state of Iowa is breaking with the CDC’s recommendation to quarantine all close contacts of people who test positive for the coronavirus in an effort to lower the number of students and school staff required to stay home because of potential virus exposure.

IPR’s Studio One hosts are participating in the Hex Girls’ Musicians Mask-Up Challenge. We hereby challenge you, too.